Lepanthes gargoyla  Luer & Hirtz

From the medieval word "gargoyle", for a grotesquely ornamented rain spout.

Subgenus:  Lepanthes

Section:  Lepanthes

Subsection:  Lepanthes

Plant ID:  01314

Clonal Name:  'Free Spirit'

Award:  CBR/AOS given on 2-23-2002 at the Greater Lansing Orchid Society Show.

Additional Information:  Epiphytic in cloud forest between Gualaquiza and Zamora in Ecuador at around 2,950 feet (900 m).

Some flowers of this plant bloom more "grotesquely", and others are flatter like the photo above.

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